Management Strategies for Independent Practices

Where veterinary hospital owners belong

Connecting veterinary hospital owners to elevate the business of veterinary medicine and achieve extraordinary practice success, together

What are Veterinary
Management Groups (VMG)?

Veterinary Management Groups is a professional membership organization dedicated to helping hospitals with veterinary ownership achieve greater practice success through collaboration. When you join, you access invaluable intellectual capital by participating in a study group of approximately 16-20 peers with hospitals similar to, yet geographically distant from, your own. You will also find a network of programs, tools, and resources to support your effort, including mentorship from retired and current veterinary members and significant financial benefits from our combined purchasing group power with close to 60 preferred partners.

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The VMG Membership Experience

Exceptional support for every area of hospital ownership

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Intellectual
Capital

Group Purchasing
Program

Financial
Benchmarking

Professional
Development Programs

Operational
Support

Companionship
& Belonging

What Our Members Are Saying

I get a feeling of companionship. They are my best buds, and I can tell them anything. That is how we have developed our friendship in this management group over the years. As you sit in a room with a group of 20 people, all of whom are going through the same challenges you are, you develop a relationship with that group. I think that is paramount ... to being able to survive in this business.

Member for 20 years

Luckily, I belong to VMG, so I have a good group of colleagues who are much smarter than I am. They have been practicing for a while, some of them have been practicing much longer than I have. I sent an email saying “What are you guys using?” and actually changed to one of the [payroll companies] recommended by them.

Member for 1 year

18 years in practice

Our membership is comprised of veterinarians from across the country, so I definitely think it helps with diversity within the membership.

Member

25 years in industry

[During COVID], I felt like VMG did a great job for its members getting out really good resources, it seemed like multiple times a week there was somebody doing a webinar about whatever the latest thing was. And that was a lot of where I was gathering my information as we were making decisions about these things. And I kind of felt like oh wow if I ... weren’t part of VMG where do you go for that?

Member

15 years in industry

There are purchasing/discount groups and that is all you get from them. Then there are management groups that give you business management, practice guidance, discounts, and data. Then there are study groups that just talk with no real results or solutions, just ideas. VMG has all of that.

Member for 7 years

15 years in practice

Why Me? (Yes, You.)

You trained to be an expert clinician, not a CEO.

Few understand the challenges you’re facing as you balance the business of running a hospital with delivering excellent patient care. But across North America, other owners share your struggle, and they’re coming together to make their hospitals more successful.

When you join a VMG, you get access to personalized support from colleagues who become lifelong friends.

As a result, you can make meaningful progress at your hospital and feel more connected to the profession to which you have devoted your life’s work. Plus, you will receive consultative guidance, expert tools, significant savings through our combined purchasing power, and more. All in one membership.

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Sharing the Intellectual Wealth

The individual knowledge and experience of our members benefit the entire group

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